Forum: News & Politics
2011-03-22, 17:22
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Replies: 36,582
Views: 6,923,626
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Forum: General Chat
2011-03-19, 19:35
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Replies: 317
Views: 25,272
It's not that you technically can't, it's just...
It's not that you technically can't, it's just that there are some technical hurdles and no infrastructure for it right now. I personally think solving that problem is the future of global energy. ...
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Forum: News & Politics
2011-03-17, 21:21
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Replies: 36,582
Views: 6,923,626
Well, I don't have a satisfying explanation for...
Well, I don't have a satisfying explanation for it, but you probably don't need me to tell you why they're doing it. It's a pretty obvious token gesture for the Palin/Beck right. The midterms took...
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Forum: News & Politics
2011-03-17, 17:00
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Replies: 36,582
Views: 6,923,626
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Forum: General Chat
2011-03-17, 15:23
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Replies: 317
Views: 25,272
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Forum: General Chat
2011-03-17, 01:25
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Replies: 317
Views: 25,272
Frankly, your girlfriend might be right. If you...
Frankly, your girlfriend might be right. If you can tear down a plant and put up a brand new one in 18 months, maybe you're not in bad shape to begin with, and there's nothing wrong with burning gas...
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Forum: News & Politics
2011-03-16, 22:40
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Replies: 2,588
Views: 416,992
Google is also mediating donations to the JRCS...
Google is also mediating donations to the JRCS (and others) at http://www.google.com/crisisresponse/japanquake2011.html. I know the nuclear story is on every front page at the moment, but way more...
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Forum: Toradora!
2008-10-04, 21:06
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Replies: 1,559
Views: 228,330
To be honest, I didn't know anything about the...
To be honest, I didn't know anything about the cast before watching the first episode, and I really don't keep up with voice actors, but I could tell pretty much instantly that it was the same voice...
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Forum: Older Series
2008-09-30, 02:25
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Replies: 519
Views: 89,007
I'm excited to see there'll be more of this...
I'm excited to see there'll be more of this coming. I like the whole buddy dynamic between Senkawa and Birdy, and having them stuck together kind of keeps them that way, at least for the short term....
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Forum: Zero no Tsukaima
2008-09-30, 01:51
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Replies: 120
Views: 28,214
Sure, I get that chronologically episode 12...
Sure, I get that chronologically episode 12 follows episode 11, it's just that they just feel so disconnected, I felt like I'd missed something big (and actually had to go back and check). It goes...
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Forum: Zero no Tsukaima
2008-09-29, 21:41
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Replies: 120
Views: 28,214
This is one of the most frustrating shows I've...
This is one of the most frustrating shows I've ever seen. It seems to have a good premise, good characters, good voice actors, and occasionally some genuinely good story ideas, but it is ruined...
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Forum: Spice and Wolf
2008-01-26, 00:37
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Replies: 160
Views: 83,321
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Forum: General Anime
2007-11-28, 20:22
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Replies: 505
Views: 62,428
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Forum: General Anime
2007-11-28, 17:43
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Replies: 495
Views: 55,524
Speaking as a casual viewer, I think this is...
Speaking as a casual viewer, I think this is exactly what would happen. I buy box sets because the prices are reasonable, but for $30 a disc and 5 discs a series, there's no just no way I'm a...
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Forum: General Anime
2007-11-26, 19:49
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Replies: 530
Views: 183,097
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Forum: General Anime
2007-11-25, 16:06
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Replies: 54
Views: 7,548
More, by about 100%. Shelling out $30 for the...
More, by about 100%. Shelling out $30 for the first disc of a 6 disc set so that I can find out if I like a show is just not going to work for me. There was one rare instance where I bought the DVD...
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Forum: General Anime
2007-11-25, 15:39
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Replies: 55
Views: 6,485
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Forum: General Anime
2007-11-21, 14:14
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Replies: 530
Views: 183,097
Problem is, you don't 'get' somebody by hacking...
Problem is, you don't 'get' somebody by hacking their website. In the case of Odex and BayTSP, bad press and humiliation were the perfect retribution, and most anybody who reads about it in the news...
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Forum: General Anime
2007-11-21, 13:55
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Replies: 80
Views: 11,327
Compressing data removes patterns, but...
Compressing data removes patterns, but compression formats require new structured headers that aren't random, and whatever protocol you're using to move the compressed file is also going to contain...
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Forum: General Anime
2007-11-21, 11:44
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Replies: 80
Views: 11,327
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Forum: General Anime
2007-11-21, 10:11
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Replies: 80
Views: 11,327
Finding out if a stream of data is encrypted is...
Finding out if a stream of data is encrypted is not too difficult, because encrypted streams stand out like sore thumbs with some simple statistical analysis. Hiding the fact that you have something...
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Forum: General Anime
2007-11-20, 15:27
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Replies: 530
Views: 183,097
Heh, this happened to my roommate, and it's...
Heh, this happened to my roommate, and it's pretty much exactly what you're describing. He got nailed a second time a year later, but they never actually shut him down. When he graduated, they...
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Forum: General Anime
2007-11-20, 13:56
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Replies: 80
Views: 11,327
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Forum: General Anime
2007-11-20, 13:15
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Replies: 530
Views: 183,097
Not to mention that if all of those downloads...
Not to mention that if all of those downloads were coming from a licensed source, they'd be free to make their DVD sales from the same platform. If a local distributor were able to license a show...
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Forum: General Anime
2007-11-19, 22:46
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Replies: 530
Views: 183,097
This is clearly the root of the pain, but given...
This is clearly the root of the pain, but given the attitudes toward Odex, I don't think they're going to be selling a lot of anime over the next two years either regardless of what they do now. If...
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